Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 23:33:07 -0400 From: Craig Shrimpton <craigs@os.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: Jeffrey Barber <jab@rock.anchorage.net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slow Etherlink Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9609162301.A31013-0100000@solar.os.com> In-Reply-To: <199609170202.TAA03421@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > It means it can't transmit and receive at the same time. This is a card > "feature", and if you haven't seen it before, your other OS has been > lying to you (or it's one of the drivers that needs updated). > > In general, SIMPLEX, if capable of being fixed via a driver interface > (usually it is not, as noted above), will only affect unidirectional > throughput, generally out of the machine, and generally only for real > data transferred (ie: it's not your "ping" problem, whatever your "ping" > What cards are "synchronous?" I use SMC EtherPower PCI cards (de0) because they are basically plug and play under FreeBSD. I put 3 in a FBSD router box and they all worked first try automagically! Any idea if the SMC drivers are updateable? Craig +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Craig Shrimpton | e-mail: craigs@os.com | | Orbit Systems | information: info@os.com | | Worcester, MA 508.753.8776 | http://www.os.com/ | +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
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